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XQuery - position Function
The position function is used in FLOWR expression to get the position of an item in a sequence.
Syntax
position()
Example
XQuery Expression
let $items := (1,2,3,4,5,6) return <result> <items> { for $item in $items[position() mod 2 eq 1] return <item>{$item}</item> } </items> </result>
Output
<result> <items> <item>1</item> <item>3</item> <item>5</item> </items> </result>
Verify the Result
In order to test the above-mentioned functionality, replace the contents of books.xqy (mentioned in Environment Setup chapter) with the above XQuery expression and execute the XQueryTester java program to verify the result.
xquery_sequence_functions.htm
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